LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pink, Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera led female artists of pop music dominating the American Music Awards stage on Sunday with powerful performances, despite being edged out by male artists in most award categories this year.
Bruno Mars won Artist of the Year, former One Direction member Niall Horan won New Artist of the Year and Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee won Collaboration of the Year for the catchy “Despacito.”
The women of pop delivered the night’s biggest moments.
Pink and Kelly Clarkson sang REM’s “Everybody Hurts,” dedicated to first responders and victims of the recent hurricanes and wildfires that have ravaged parts of the United States.
Pink later performed aerial acrobatics from a high-rise building while singing “Beautiful Trauma.”
Factbox: Key winners at the 2017 American Music Awards
Korean boy band BTS garnered some of the loudest screams from the audience as they performed “DNA” on a neon-lit stage.
Linkin Park was named best alternative rock artist, a bittersweet win for the band after the July suicide of frontman Chester Bennington.
The band dedicated the win to Bennington and “his memory, his talent, his sense of humor, to his joy.”
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